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Phil Manley, founding member of the pioneering DC-trio Trans Am, and in-demand recording engineer (Alps, Arp, Mi Ami, Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips) has recorded his debut solo album.
CD version comes in a four panel mini-LP style gatefold package. LP version includes download coupon and is packaged in a full color jacket with full color inner sleeve.
Life Coach, a title inspired by Tony Williams Lifetime and Charles Bullen's Lifetones project, is a dynamic collection of instrumental songs composed, performed, and recorded entirely by Phil. While there are reflections of Phil's work in Trans Am, Oneida, The Fucking Champs, and Jonas Reinhardt that a listener familiar with those bands will notice, Life Coach is more minimal and adheres to the structures of German rock of the mid 70's that has long inspired Phil, specifically the free-spirited and loose arrangements, the propulsive "motorik" pulse, and the sonic textures or "Klangfarben" (translated "sound colors"). German analog recording technology had reached its zenith in the late 70's. This coincided nicely with the careers of such artists as Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster and Popol Vuh. German recording engineer Connie Plank, a hero of Phil's, was responsible for most of the greatest recordings of each of these bands. Life Coach pays homage to the "Klangfarben" of Connie Plank's recordings.
In order to achieve the desired results, Phil reached most often for his Fender Telecaster electric guitar because of its "bell-like" tone. Generally speaking, plugging his guitar directly into his API preamps achieved the most "direct" sound by literally cutting out the amplifier stage from the signal chain. This positions the musician and the listener that much closer together, something that the personal nature of this music and the process demanded. For the acoustic numbers, Phil used his vintage 1967 Gibson Country-Western steel string acoustic guitar. This guitar was miked with a highly sensitive and expensive Neumann condenser microphone to capture all the nuance and detail of his finger picking. The signal was left clean with little to no processing, and no equalizers or compressors. "These devices tend to cloud the signal and interfere with the natural sound of the source," says Phil. A varied compliment of synthesizers were used to make this record including a Roland Juno 60, Crumar Orchestrator (a gift from old friend and sometimes Trans Am producer John McEntire), Roland Organ Strings, Arp String Ensemble, Mini Moog and Roland GR-20 guitar synth. All synths were played live, eschewing sequencers for a more human feel. Finally a Roland TR-606 Drumatix drum machine was used for its "warm" analog sound quality.
This deeply personal debut solo recording comes well into Phil Manley's musical career. The song titles and the album title reflect to a large extent Phil's sense of humor, well known to most Trans Am fans. He has always been the kind to poke fun at rock's history and habits. To those of us who have had the pleasure of working closely with him, it is a reflection of his modesty. He is a man who has made a considerable mark on independent music. He has already had a lifespan that exceeds most bands in this world, and yet he never has fallen prey to taking himself too seriously. He only takes his music seriously, the rest he takes with a large grain of salt.


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It's hard to know where to begin with these chocolate chips. Voted "Best Tasting Sugar Free Chocolate", Chocoperfection Dark Baking Chips certainly live up to its vote. These dainty little buttons of brevity and bling deliver the oohs and the ahhs, even straight from the bag.
While I choked on the initial cost ($17 for a 16 ounce bag), and almost cried when I saw how small this package is, I was more resolute than ever to apply this product with even greater scrutiny to several applications over the last few days. And guess what… I have yet to find a single fault with the product.
- As ganache: The chips melted beautifully, without chalkiness or possible other issues. The results were perfect, and the product behaved exactly like chocolate.
- As baking chocolate: When I needed a chocolate cake, I was able to melt the chocolate with butter in the microwave and add to the batter. The cake turned out beautifully.
- As a garnish: Thrown on top of fresh whipped cream in the Mud Pie Cheesecake, these delicious morsels couldn't have been any more like regular chocolate chips if they had tried.
- As chips in a recipe: These behaved exactly as standard chocolate chips, with the right texture and flavor.
To boot, I preferred using these chips to Lindt 85% dark chocolate (and you know how I love Lindt) since it's 'cheaper' in terms of carbohydrates and calories per every 1 ounce serving (197/2 net c vs Lindt 210/5 net c).
The chips contain lecithin (for those watching soy), and the label warns that the product may contain traces of peanuts or tree nuts as the standard warning (many chocolates supply the same warning), neither particularly problematic but worth mentioning.
While the bag of Dark chips costs roughly $1 an ounce (almost twice the cost of the Lindt), a little bit of chip goes a long way, performing admirably in several full-serving applications and I still have a good third of the bag left for even more experimentation. Not bad.. The package is also resealable, which makes storage simple.
Perhaps an unforeseen benefit of the more pronounced cost of this product is the message it hits home: Sweets should be thought of more as a condiment and not the main course. An important message, regardless of lifestyle.
Chocoperfection Dark Baking Chips Cost: $16.99 for 16 ounces (roughly 10- 1/3 cup servings)
Carb/Calorie Count: 2 net carbs/197 calories
Ingredients: cocoa solids, cocoa butter, oligofructose, erythritol, cocoa butter, lecithin and natural flavors
Flavor: Sweet with chocolate/cocoa undertones
Texture: Tiny buttons of chocolate melt to smoothness and behave admirably, even at room temperature
Usefulness: Baking, frostings, ganache, plain
Found at: netrition.com
Website: https://www.chocoperfection.com/

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Mobile snooping for everyone in weeks
German hackers crack GSM encryption
The Chaos Computer Club has told the FT that in the couple of months it will be releasing code capable of cracking GSM with just a laptop and an antenna.
In comments made to the German edition of the Financial Times, the hacking group claims that governments, and criminals, are already using the technique which can break the encryption used to protect 2G GSM calls in near-real time using existing systems. The group says a public exposure of the technique will take place in the next month or two and allow anyone equipped with a laptop and an antenna to listen in to GSM phone calls.
GSM uses a range of algorithms for key generation, authentication, and encrypting connections. This latest crack is focused on the last element which relies on a range of algorithms known as A5 and numbered from zero to three. A5/0 indicates that no encryption is used, such as in countries still under ITAR* restrictions, A5/1 is the European standard that seems to be the target of this latest breach, A5/2 is used in the USA and generally considered weaker than A5/1, while A5/3 is the strongest of the lot and mandated by the 3G GSM standard.
GSM has been cracked before, the early algorithms used were weak and kept secret (and thus not exposed to public scrutiny), a situation made worse by network operators padding the keys with zeros to reduce the cost of SIM cards. This made a weak algorithm that relied on obscurity even weaker. But since then, the standard has proved surprisingly secure, and even today specialist equipment will take half an hour to break a call, so real-time listening to GSM calls has been restricted to James-Bond types with unlimited budgets.
But the Chaos Computer Club reckons they've found a way to share those super-spy eavesdropping capabilities with anyone, which should have implications for celebrities using mobile phones, but will probably have a more immediate impact on low-level drug dealers who've long relied on the security of GSM for their business.
All encryption breaks eventually, as computing power rises, and systems like GSM are designed with a specific lifetime during which the encryption is expected to remain secure. Changing the encryption is possible, but A5 is managed by the handset rather than the SIM and network operators have to support legacy handsets for long periods even if the latest models could be equipped with better encryption.
Smartphones can, of course, opt to apply their own encryption layer on top of the GSM, which also prevents interception at the network operator. Companies such as CellCrypt provide Symbian and Windows Mobile clients that negotiate their own encrypted channel without reliance on the GSM or similar.
But the rest us will probably just hold tight until everyone is using 3G networks, at least in developed countries, where A5/3 is used and should remain secure for another decade or two. ®
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Industry News
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Xpedion Design Systems Inc. announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire Xpedion, a privately held company that provides software for wireless and high speed digital circuit and systems design in the communications industry. The transaction is subject to standard closing conditions. Financial details were not disclosed.
e2v technologies plc's subsidiary, e2v technologies S.A.S., has conditionally agreed to acquire Atmel Grenoble S.A.S. The acquisition is seen as an opportunity to strengthen the Group's position as a major global provider of specialized electronic components and subsystems.
EFJ Inc. announced that it acquired 3e Technologies International (3eTI), a privately held, Maryland-based company. 3eTI is a technology-based company that offers security solutions for wireless platforms such as WiFi, mesh networking and Bluetooth. 3eTI also develops and sells secure wireless infrastructure that meet Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS 140-2 validated 802.11i-compliant wireless networking standards.
EADS Test & Services has acquired Get Electronique, Castres, France. This small-size company specializes in services in industrial electronics and brings EADS Test & Services additional competencies in electronics repair, maintenance and sustainability in particular for activities aimed at prolonging the service life of systems and installations in such industries as aeronautics, defense, transport and energy. Get Electronique will become a 100 percent subsidiary of EADS Test & Services.
Tech-Etch Inc., Plymouth, MA, has acquired the business, facility and assets of the Metals Division of Innovex Inc., located in Litchfield, MN. This business was formerly known as Litchfield Precision Components. Tech-Etch will continue to operate the business in Litchfield and retain the experienced and talented team of managers and employees.
Flomerics Group plc announced that it has reached an agreement on the proposed acquisition of the entire share capital of NIKA GmbH, the Engineering Fluid Dynamics software company based in Frankfurt, Germany, and specializing in simulation tools for the prediction of fluid flow and heat transfer. NIKA's computational fluid dynamics technology is derived from €8.5 M of product development investment, primarily in Russia where scientific expertise is excellent and costs are low. NIKA's technology enhances Flomerics' existing product range and gives access to a much wider potential customer base of design engineers outside Flomerics' existing core market.
Axiom Microdevices Inc., a provider of fully integrated complementary metal oxide semiconductor power amplifiers, has formed Axiom Microdevices Europe Ltd. and appointed Alex Lloyd as the director of business development for Europe. In addition, Axiom Microdevices has engaged MJL Technology Ltd., a supplier of semiconductor and IT solutions, to represent and distribute its products in the South Korean region.
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. announced the opening of the company's first office in Australia, located in Melbourne, Victoria. This location provides local sales and engineering support within Australia and was established as part of the company's ongoing Asia Pacific expansion plans.
Anaren Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved the expansion of Anaren's design and manufacturing facilities in East Syracuse, NY and Suzhou, China. The East Syracuse, NY expansion includes the construction of a 54,000 square foot addition to the company's 105,000 square foot headquarters, and will more than double the company's existing Space and Defense Group operations. Anaren requested and received a grant from New York's Empire State Development to help fund the expansion. The project is expected to be completed in the second quarter of calendar year 2007.
LTX Corp., a provider of semiconductor test solutions, announced that it has completed the relocation of its Westwood, MA corporate headquarters to a new facility in Norwood, MA. LTX's new 56,000 square foot facility is located in a 49 acre research and development office park less than two miles from its previous facility.
Sirific Wireless Ltd. announced the launch of its operations in Korea. The new office will house sales and applications engineering teams to provide immediate support for domestic handset manufacturers and multinational OEMs with offices in Korea.
picoChip announced that it is expanding its technical support network with the establishment of a new office in Boston, MA. The company already has a sales office in San Jose, CA, and the new Boston office will act as a technical support center for North America.
D2 Technologies announced that it has opened a design center in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The center will be responsible for a variety of R&D projects aimed at advancing the state of the art of VoIP technology.
Ansoft Corp. has collaborated with Novas Software Inc. to integrate Nexxim,® Ansoft's circuit simulation software for high performance IC design, with Novas' Verdi™ Automated Debug System to create an enhanced verification solution. The integration ensures that Nexxim circuit simulation results are readily available in Novas' open Fast Signal Database format, linking Nexxim's high capacity, high accuracy, circuit simulations with Verdi's comprehensive debug platform.
Radio Waves Inc. announced that they are partnering with Eupen Cable to supply their customers with Eupen Elliptical Waveguide. Radio Waves customers can source microwave antennas and elliptical waveguide as a single package from Radio Waves and have one source for ordering and support.
Wavesat announced they are working with Texas Instruments to develop a 5.8 GHz mini-PCI module and reference design. The product will be commercially available by Q4 of 2006 from Wavesat.
Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR®) and Peregrine Semiconductor announced the availability of a process design kit for Peregrine's UltraCMOS complimentary metal oxide semiconductor silicon-on-sapphire process in AWR's Analog Office® design suite, a software product developed specifically for analog and radio frequency integrated circuit design.
Kepco Inc., a designer and manufacturer of well-regulated DC power supplies and associated electronics equipment, announced a new partnership agreement with TestMart Inc., a marketplace operator and service provider for the IT, network maintenance, and test and measurement industry, who will provide a product catalog and government marketplace services to better serve and expand Kepco's federal customer channel.
Modelithics and Johanson Technology announced the immediate availability of high accuracy models for Johanson Technology's inductor and capacitor products. Complimentary use of these models for qualified designers can be arranged by request at www.modelithics.com/mvp/johanson/. In addition, Johanson Technology has contracted Modelithics to expand its offering of high accuracy substrate-scalable and parts-value-scalable Global Models for several other capacitors, ceramic chip inductors and wire wound inductors.
Avago Technologies announced that it has extended its agreement with TSMC to include the two next generations of its enhanced-performance image sensor products.
Antenna Development Corp. (AntDevCo) is a New Mexico custom spacecraft and missile antenna design and manufacturing company. While employed at the New Mexico State University Physical Science Laboratory, AntDevCo's principal engineers, Bruce Blevins and Thomas Greenling, developed a miniature X-band quadrifilar helix for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Space Technology 5 (ST-5) spacecraft. This quadrifilar helix antenna — mounted as the primary antenna on three satellites — was launched into an Earth orbit on March 22nd, 2006, and completed the mission on June 30th.
K&L Microwave Inc. has received ISO 14001 certification for its Environmental Management System (EMS). Implementing an ISO-certified EMS greatly improves the company's ability to manage environmental issues and demonstrates sound environmental management.
Amphenol RF announced that it is now authorized to market the QMA interface as a member of the Quick Lock Formula® Alliance. Amphenol RF signed a QMA and QN license agreement with Huber + Suhner AG and Radiall SA earlier this year and is now QLF® certified on the QMA interface with the QN to shortly follow.
The Micromanipulator Co. Inc. announced that it has received notification of the issue of US Patent number 7,043,848 B2. This patent is for control of drift of a probe's position under conditions of stress and special environments.
Pulse,® a Technitrol company, announced it has joined the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) and will introduce a series of RF diplexers, filters and network interface devices to help enable home networking of digital entertainment between MoCA devices.
Northrop Grumman Corp. honored six suppliers who have demonstrated exceptional performance and teamwork on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. The company presented NPOESS Outstanding Supplier Awards to ITT, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Maxwell Technologies, ABB Bomem, RT Logic and Earth Resources Technology Inc. during its third annual NPOESS Supplier Conference.
RFMD® announced that the company has commenced mass production shipments of its RF3159 linear EDGE power amplifier to Samsung Electronics for use in at least 15 EDGE-enabled handsets.
Raytheon Co. has won an initial $38 M contract from the Global Positioning System Joint Program Office at the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to design next-generation global positioning receivers. An additional award to complete development and fabricate pre-production receiver cards for test and integration in host systems could follow.
L-3 Communications announced that its Interstate Electronics Corp. subsidiary was awarded $37 M for the first phase of the US Air Force Modernized USER Equipment Program by the US Air Force NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Joint Program Office. The total potential contract value for IEC, including future options, is $90.6 M.
Ducommun Inc. announced that its Ducommun Technologies Inc. (DTI) subsidiary has been awarded a $3.8 M contract from Raytheon for the manufacture and subsystem integration of electromechanical enclosures for the 63V1 and 63V3 radar systems used on the F-15 aircraft. This contract consists of 63V1 radars for Japan and 63V3 radars for multiple customers. The period of performance is through 2007 and the work will be performed at DTI's Phoenix, AZ facility.
TriQuint Semiconductor announced that the Office of Naval Research has awarded TriQuint a 20-month, $3.1 M contract to improve manufacturing methods of producing high power, high voltage, S-band GaAs amplifiers.
Electron Energy Corp. (EEC), a producer of rare earth magnets and magnet systems, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by NASA to continue researching high temperature magnetic bearings technology. NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, selected EEC to receive the $600,000 contract for development through November 2007. EEC will team with Texas A&M University to complete the project.
TRAK Microwave Corp. announced that it has been selected by Harris Government Communications Systems, Melbourne, FL, to be a supplier for its AN/GSC-52 Modernization (52MOD) Program. The AN/GSC-52 terminal is one in a family of Defense Satellite Communication Systems Network Terminals operated by the Army, Navy and Air Force throughout the world. The primary program function of 52MOD is to modernize and extend the life of AN/GSC-52 terminals. TRAK will supply Harris with frequency up/down block converters to support the upgrade activity. The complete modernization program is scheduled to be completed over a multi-year period of performance.
Gennum Corp., a volume manufacturer of barium strontium titanate (BST) capacitor chips, announced that Paratek Microwave Inc., a designer of radio frequency solutions, has selected Gennum's manufacturing process for its proprietary products geared towards the RF markets. The primary application for the products will be in the cell phone market where they will be used to increase the performance of handsets and reduce component size thus allowing incremental form factor reduction and/or feature adds.
RF Engines, a designer of signal processing solutions for FPGA, has been awarded a contract by Thales' Land and Joint Systems Division for the supply of a complex channelizer design. Building on the successful launch of the ChannelCore product line in December of 2005, this contract calls for a modified version of that product to meet a specific channel plan and FPGA resource availability. Use of the ChannelCore design has enabled Thales to utilize a small FPGA in the project, therefore meeting both space and power consumption targets.
Symmetricom Inc. announced that the company was chosen to supply its master reference oscillator for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite led by Lockheed Martin for a US Navy customer. MUOS is a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system designed to significantly improve communications for US forces on the move. Symmetricom's ultra stable frequency reference was selected based on the program's cost, performance and schedule requirements.
Unity Wireless Corp. has received purchase orders for its integrated wireless subsystem product from a North American-based wireless network customer. These integrated wireless subsystems form a substantial component of a rapidly deployable, compact base station being readied for deployment by the customer in preparation for use during the present hurricane season.
Financial News
Andrew Corp. reports sales of $551 M for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 ended June 30, 2006, compared to $487 M for the same period in 2005. Net income for the quarter was $7 M ($0.04/per share), compared to a net income of $13 M ($0.08/per share) for the third quarter of last year.
Fairchild Semiconductor reports sales of $409.5 M for the first quarter ended April 2, 2006, compared to $362.8 M for the same period in 2005. Net income for the quarter was $26.6 M ($0.21/per diluted share), compared to a net loss of $10.4 M ($0.09/per diluted share) for the first quarter of last year.
Provigent, a provider of system-on-a-chip solutions for the broadband wireless transmission market, announced it has secured a credit line of $5 M from Plenus Venture Lending.
New Market Entries
Founded in October 2005, Centerline Technologies has been established to meet the changing needs of advanced materials processing. The company's goal is to provide a world-class resource to develop sophisticated manufacturing processes to produce materials with exceptional quality, delivery and value. Services include lapping, polishing, dicing, laser machining and planarizing of filled vias. For more information, visit www.centerlinetech-usa.com or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Bradford RF Sales has been formed as a manufacturer's representative firm for New England. Mike Crittenden, owner, was the former director of sales for Microwave Development Co. and had over eighteen years with the company selling to military and commercial customers. He can be reached at (978) 521-1701 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Coaxial Precision Assemblies Inc. (CPA) designs and manufactures semi-rigid, hand-formable and flexible cable assemblies as well as connectors. Cable assemblies can be phase, delay or amplitude matched. The quality of workmanship shows in both good electrical performance and tight tolerance of dimensions from unit to unit. The company can be contacted at 7439 La Palma Avenue #228, Buena Park, CA 90620 (562) 472-0083 or fax: (562) 684-4545.
Jacket Micro Devices (JMD) Inc. announced that Joseph A. Crupi has been named to the JMD board of directors. Crupi has had a distinguished career in the electronics and communications industry. Most recently, he was the vice president, Broadband Communications Group at Texas Instruments.
Mimix Broadband Inc. announced that its shareholders have elected John H. Warner, Jr. to its board of directors, increasing the number of directors to eight. Warner is currently executive vice president of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC). He joined SAIC as a member of the technical staff in 1973 and served on its board of directors for nearly twenty years.
WJ Communications Inc. announced the appointment of Patrice Daniels to its board of directors. She was elected to WJ's board and appointed as a member of its Audit Committee, effective immediately. The company also announced that Dag Wittusen has resigned from his position as a member of the board of directors of WJ for personal reasons. Daniels is currently chief operating officer of International Education Corp., a private post-secondary education company.
EMS Technologies Inc. has reported that Francis J. Erbrick and Bradford W. Parkinson were elected to join its board of directors at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Erbrick and Parkinson join the six directors who had been previously serving, and who were also re-elected to additional one-year terms at the Annual Meeting. Erbrick has worked since 1997 as a consultant with the Business Technology Office of McKinsey & Co., Stamford, CT (since 1997), providing information technology consulting services, typically to large companies. Parkinson holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, where he continues to have substantially full-time research and student advisory responsibilities.
Peregrine Semiconductor announced that Craig H. Ensley has joined its executive team as president and chief operating officer, and has been elected to the board of directors. Ensley has 30 years of broad experience in the semiconductor and systems technology industries, spanning venture capital start-ups to multi-hundred-million dollar public corporations. Most recently, Ensley was with Cirrus Logic, where he led repositioning of the firm to be a highly profitable mixed-signal analog IC company.
StratEdge announced that Casey Krawiec has been promoted to vice president of North American sales. Krawiec joined StratEdge in August 2002 as senior account manager. His experience includes engineering and sales in the microelectronics and telecommunications industries, especially with high frequency semiconductor packaging and assembly. Prior to joining StratEdge, Krawiec spent seven years at Kyocera America, San Diego, CA, where he held the positions of offshore sales manager and sales engineer.
Aeroflex/KDI Resistors announced the appointment of Richard Galgano as general manager of Aeroflex/KDI-Resistor Products. Galgano succeeds Robert Hathaway who recently announced his retirement as Aeroflex/KDI-Resistor Products general manager. Hathaway will continue working with resistor products in a consulting capacity. Prior to re-joining Aeroflex, Galgano held various product, process and manufacturing engineering management positions at SGS-Thomson, L-3 and EMC Technologies. Since 2002 he has managed his own business, providing consulting services to a wide variety of top-tier companies, including Aeroflex.
Cadence Design Systems has appointed Alexander Duesener as group director of marketing for the company's activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will hold overall responsibility for platform, product, kits and corporate marketing in EMEA. In his previous role as technical advisor, Duesener was instrumental in helping to define and drive implementation of innovative marketing strategies around core products and new strategic initiatives such as Cadence kits for vertical markets and product segmentation.
Sabritec, a custom connecting devices manufacturer, has strengthened its operations within Europe with the appointment of Steve Humphries as European sales manager. In this position, Humphries will be responsible for building on the relationships and partnerships already established throughout Europe by providing commercial and technical product support locally. Prior to joining Sabritec, Humphries was the European sales manager for Florida RF Labs and EMC Technology, where he was responsible for all sales within Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Dow-Key® Microwave Corp. announced that Twyla Veal has been named regional sales manager. In her new position, Veal will manage all sales activity in southern California, New England, upstate New York and Canada. In addition, she will oversee service and technical support for customers in these regions. Prior to joining Dow-Key Microwave, Veal spent 10 years at Relcomm Technologies Inc., where, most recently, she served as sales and marketing services manager.
NEC Corp. of America Inc. announced the appointment of James Limanowski as the central regional sales manager for NEC's Radio Communications Systems Division. Limanowski will oversee sales, networking and promotional activities required to grow NEC's microwave presence in the Midwest.
M/A-COM Inc. announced that Ian Gresham, senior principal engineer at the company's Lowell, MA headquarters, has been awarded the 2006 Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). Gresham was given the award in recognition of his leadership in the research and development of technological advances in millimeter-wave silicon and gallium arsenide-based circuits including system-on-chip applications for commercial and defense applications.
Cascade Microtech announced that Eric Strid and Reed Gleason, co-founders of Cascade Microtech, have received the Southwest Test Workshop Lifetime Achievement Award for more than 25 years of outstanding technical contributions to the field of RF wafer level measurements, including the development of the Pyramid probe, a unique production probe card technology that enables highly accurate and reliable at-speed production tests on high performance, high speed and high density semiconductor and related devices. Strid and Gleason were recognized at SWTW 2006, a research forum sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on all aspects associated with microelectronic wafer and die level testing.
Rep Appointments
DesignAdvance™ Systems Inc., a developer of design automation software for users of EDA and MCAD tools, announced its entrance into the European PCB design market with the appointment of CADLOG as its distribution partner. CADLOG, based in Rome, Italy, is a supplier of design tools and services for the PCB and electronics industries in Italy and southern Europe.
Mica Microwave announced the appointment of Brennan Associates as its exclusive sales representative in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. Brennan Associates' main office is located at 1428A Gulf to Bay Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33758 (727) 446-5006, fax: (407) 239-6229 or e-mail: email@example.com.
Renaissance Electronics announced the appointment of the company's newest sales representative servicing the country of Israel — RST Reut-Systems and Advanced Technologies for its waveguide product line. Moshe Shani of RST can be contacted via e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or phone: 972-(0) 52-6545000.
Panasonic Industrial Co. announced the appointment of Digi-Key as an authorized distributor for its line of RF modules including the PAN802154 wireless communication module supporting the 802.15.4 radio standard and the ZigBee™ specification.


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The Visual Representation of Developing Countries
by Developmental Agencies and the Western Media
by Shahidul Alam
of the developing world Who
portrays whom The situation is not unusual. Invariably films about the plight of people in developing countries show how desperate and helpless the people are, the people who realize their plight and come forward to their support are usually white foreigners. In some cases even local people are seen to be helping, but invariably it is a foreigner who has enlightened them about the way out, and it is always a foreign presenter who speaks out for them. The foreigner is so strong and forthright and so caring. She could almost hand over the microphone to them, if only they could speak for themselves, if only they understood. The
construction of a stereotype The
assumptions and how they are validated There is of course the other tack where "Third World Participation" is created in the form of guided tours to paid Third World journalists who are given what amounts to a censored view of well to do countries. In a recent tour of the United States organized by the United States Information Agency, I was accompanied throughout by a person from the State Department, and my request to visit Harlem was turned down due to "security reasons." My report on the trip was never made public. That people from the developing world do go on these trips and cater to these forms of tokenism is of course a slur on their own professionalism. Organizations like the World Bank do sponsor studies by people known to be mildly critical, with the proviso, that the World Bank would decide if the work would be published. Thereby retaining ultimate control. The
business of development The truth is, that despite all their claims about delegation, very little decision making involves local people. And very little decision making by the foreign experts involves in-depth local knowledge. It would be hazardous for these foreign experts to permit the infiltration of people who could penetrate their information chain, something that photographs are particularly good at doing. Culture, once considered a hindrance to development has now, become fashionable to promote. But it has to be a particular type of culture packaged in a particular type of way. The "image business" is inextricably linked with the "development business." From slide shows in remote villages to slick exhibitions in posh hotels, from A5 flyers to coffee table books, from fund raising campaigns to annual reports, image hungry developmental agencies depend heavily on image makers. One feeds off the other. It is hardly surprising therefore that the image producers (read mostly white men photographers) produce images that are good for business for both industries. Development or fair representation doesn't enter the equation. The
Marketing Strategy The
power of images
The credit lines in articles dealing with poorer countries have no indigenous names. When questioned why this was so, picture editors and development workers claimed that there simply weren't people in these countries qualified to do the job. Their reliability, their professionalism, their ability to understand the brief was all suspect. In response we began to make a survey of indigenous photographers working in their own countries. The response, both in terms of numbers and the quality of the work was overwhelming. If a small organization based in Bangladesh armed with no more than lists obtained from interested friends can pool together an impressive list of talented indigenous photographers doing good work in their own countries why has it been so difficult for the development agencies to 'discover' them. Discovery is of course a key word when photographing the natives. The photographer steps down from the plane, 'discovers' the native and goes back with the scoop. That discovery implies past ignorance, seems to never get noticed. Yet there are people who did know the local people, understood their language, were respectful of their culture and understood the underlying causes of things. These are the people, skilled, available and able, who do not exist. They have not been discovered. The history of photography fails to mention the work done by photographers in poorer countries. While the heroic feats of Hill and Adamson are extolled, the photographers who had to import all their equipment and materials from the wealthier countries and documented their cultures for little financial gain have never been registered in the archives. The few exceptions like Indian photographer Din Dayal, given the title Raja by the British who had been legitimized for having served the crown. Other much more important names in the field from the same period, like Ali Ahmed Khan, never get mentioned, puzzling until one remembers that Khan had led a rebel attack on British troops. In five years of operation as a picture library based in the developing world, we have had many requests for images of Bangladesh by publishers, NGOs, donor agencies. The most frequently requested picture so far have been of the floods, cyclones, and slums. There was even a request for flood inundation of Dhaka in the floods in '93, which the client insisted had taken place. We have not for instance yet been asked for a picture of a person at a computer terminal, a very commonly stocked photograph in western libraries, and one which we too have several of. In one instance the client, an educational publisher in the UK insisted that our photograph of a tila (little stupa in the middle of a pond, used as cyclone shelters) was much too small and that they knew of huge giant stupas, which local photographers and community workers who had extensively combed the cyclone affected areas had never seen nor heard of. The danger of being left out is not as great as the danger of being nullified. Books that teach you how to be a successful photographer, The ones that teach you the secrets of the trade, teach essentially how to become occidental. Since the person making the most important decisions regarding the usage of a photograph is invariably the person most distant from the event itself, the photographer's 'formula' for producing acceptable pictures is to regurgitate editorial policy regardless of what is observed. That is what the indigenous photographer must produce if he/she is to get ahead. That is what makes them begin to 'exist.' The danger therefore, is of becoming a sheep in wolf's clothing, and eventually of becoming a wolf. Pretty much all NGOs seem to have the usual 'income generating activities,' the savings groups where the villagers gather round in a circle and sign the passbook, the functional education classes where village folk are taught urban middle-class expressions that even in cities only get used in formal situations. Where they are taught "the policeman is your friend..." and they know otherwise. Photographs of the activities of a hundred different NGOs would be largely identical. Where is the training to network that the donor circuit itself thrives on? Where is the emphasis on information technology that allows the richer countries to retain their stranglehold? The poor in these countries have been observed, analyzed and understood, but why have they been built a cell with no exit? Why are entire nations guinea pigs for foreign anthropologists, sociologists, economists and photographers? In a recent effort by an independent agency to
install E-Mail in Bangladesh for setting up an inter-nation and a South-South
dialogue, it was discovered that many NGOs already had their own dedicated
E-Mail line, but had not offered the service to others, even to other
NGOs. Information appears to be a resource that people are very secretive
about, access to information something developing countries are selectively
denied. The nature of the images representing developing countries is
an index of the media control that will prevent developing countries from
developing. We Trick or Treaters in bright costumes are Asking your help for children afar. We want no candy But cash is dandy, Here is our UNICEF jar. Oooooooooooooooooooh Help
the children, in foreign lands, Shahidul
Alam, Dhaka 30th May 1994 |


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East Rutherford, NJ – Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis left Sunday's matchup against the New York Giants late in the first quarter with an Achilles injury.
Davis was running a route in the end zone when he tried to make a cut and immediately fell to the ground. He limped his way to the sidelines before being helped to the trainer's table to have his left leg examined.
The fifth-year pro, who leads the team with 312 receiving yards on 23 catches, was taken to the locker room and has been ruled out for the rest of the game.


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Youth season April 8-10; regular season April 13-May 31
PRATT -- The Kansas youth spring turkey season runs April 8-10, and the regular season opens April 13 and runs through May 31. To help Kansans find places to hunt turkeys, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced the publication of its annual Kansas Spring Turkey Hunting Atlas.
For turkey hunters, this much-anticipated publication contains county-by-county maps of all publicly-accessible land -- including Walk-In Hunting Areas, state and federal wildlife areas, and federal wildlife refuges. The atlas is an essential tool for every turkey hunter. Nearly 125,000 acres of Walk-In Hunting Area land have been enrolled this spring. Originally confined to the eastern one-third of the state, the program has expanded to include counties in central, northcentral, and northwestern Kansas.
Properties shown on the atlas are enrolled for spring only. Special signs identify the areas as open in spring only.
The atlas may be downloaded or hard copies ordered from the KDWP website . Hard copies also may be obtained at KDWP offices. In addition to the Spring Turkey Hunting Atlas, hunters may purchase turkey permits online.
For more information, visit the KDWP website or phone 620-672-5911.


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Like the rest of the state, Southern Arizona has been in a recession since 2007, and at least one prominent economist says the situation won't be getting better anytime soon.
"My forecast is that it's going to take a while to get (credit markets) straightened out again and functioning as they should," says Marshall Vest, director of the Economic and Business Research Center at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management. "I think that takes up most of 2009. Then we have all the excess housing that needs to be absorbed. That's going to take some time and we're not really absorbing the housing right now because credit markets have been essentially frozen. So, I think it's the end of 2009 before the economy really regains its footing. I think we'll start to move up in 2010. By move up, I mean the economy will once again begin to expand and enter a recovery phase."
Joe Snell, president and CEO of Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities (TREO), says that despite the already deteriorating economic conditions, Tucson still managed to draw new companies and expansions in 2008.
"We're definitely seeing a slow down in a lot of ways, both in the recruitment of companies and the expansion of companies, but not a massive downtick," he says. "Our pipeline is as full as it's ever been. But what we are seeing are companies that may have been ready to announce a $100 million expansion in November saying, 'We're going to wait on that until January, we're cautious, we want to see what's going to happen in the next three months.' "
Last year, the region still saw growth in the health care, bioscience, alternative energy and aerospace industries. Of particular note was the purchase of Ventana Medical Systems in Oro Valley by Swiss drug maker Roche for $3.4 billion. Roche also announced plans for a $100 million expansion at Ventana that would increase employment from 750 to about 1,000. In addition, Roche purchased more than 17 acres of land around the Ventana site to expand the location.
"Possibly the most significant thing we can point to though, is that 57 percent of the successful projects were in our targeted industries, and that's important because those targeted industries represent quality rather than quantity, meaning, closing the wage gap," Snell says. "Historically, Tucson has ranked somewhat below both the state and the national average in wages. So we're rapidly moving in the right direction to close that gap. To me, that's a big takeaway."
Southern Arizona has not been immune to the effects of the housing market collapse and its devastating impact on the construction industry. For example, one of the first companies TREO recruited, window and doormaker Pella Corp., announced in November 2008 that it was idling its Tucson plant, affecting 65 workers. When Pella first located to Tucson in 2005, company officials said it had plans to employ more than 400 people at its facility.
Still, as Vest points out, since the construction boom was not as great in Southern Arizona as it was in the Phoenix area, the drop has been less precipitous. For example, year-over-year job losses in the construction industry in October 2008 stood at 4,000 in the Tucson metro area, according to figures from the Arizona Department of Commerce. In the Phoenix-Scottsdale-Mesa area, 30,000 construction industry jobs were lost during the same period.
"Commercial (construction) is still in relatively good shape. Vacancy rates are moving up, but they are still fairly low. Tucson didn't see the construction boom in commercial that you saw in Phoenix, so, commercial construction here in Tucson doesn't have as far to fall," Vest says. "For residential, the indicators that I see are pretty comparable to Phoenix, except for the housing price data. I don't think the declines have been quite as large (in Southern Arizona)."
Snell says that so far, Southern Arizona has managed to hold its own on employment.
"We have losses in construction, but we're gaining it on biotech, we're gaining it on solar, we're gaining it in logistics companies. I think right now we're sort of a wash," he says.
Vest, however, expects more job losses across the state as the recession drags on through 2009. In fact, comparisons of unemployment rates from 2007 and 2008 already are startlingly eye opening.
In October 2008, the unemployment rate for the state, the Phoenix metro and the Tucson metro stood at 6.1 percent, 5.5 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively. In October 2007, the state's unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, Phoenix's was at 3.4 percent, and Tucson came in at 3.9 percent.
"I think the unemployment rate will likely reach 8 percent before we're through," Vest says.
Vest adds that rate is in line with the jobless figures of the last major recession of the early 1980s. Back then, unemployment peaked at 13 percent in the state, 8.9 percent in Phoenix and 10.5 percent in Tucson.
Fortunately for Southern Arizona, Vest says, the region's economy is considerably more diverse than it was in the early '80s. But with credit still tight and the housing market stuck in freefall, Vest cautions about being too optimistic on the strength of a recovery.
"I really think this recovery is probably going to be muted. I don't see us rebounding very strongly. The process is going to take awhile," he says. "This recession is going to be longer than the recessions of the early '80s or mid '70s. If it stretches through 2009 and the recession began in the fourth quarter of 2007, we're talking about a two-year-long recession. Nationwide, the longest recession has been 16 months.
"It's been a very long time in this country since we have encountered a very severe recession. The recessions of 2001 and 1991 were both very short and shallow. They barely qualified as recessions, rather than a growth slowdown. It's only the gray hairs that remember what a severe recession is like," Vest adds. "This is scary. This is messy. But we've been through this before. If you are a business and you can hang on and remain solvent and get through this, there will be plenty of opportunities on the other side. I would also say that it's during times like this that the seeds are sown for fortunes to be made. Savvy investors will take positions in markets where assets are cheap and will benefit handsomely as the economy recovers —as surely it will. And the deep pockets know that and there is a lot of money on the sidelines waiting for the right opportunity."
Snell agrees, adding that now is the time for Southern Arizona to stake a claim in future growth and prosperity.
"We're not going to ride out the recession. I'm a big believer that now is the time to get aggressive," he says. "I think we have a good head of steam. At this point, I would say Tucson is as competitive as any major city in the country, including Phoenix. That's a first for us. Are we going to get cooled off by the national economy? Yes, absolutely. But I think we're in as good a position as anyone coming out of this recession to capitalize, and maybe within this recession to capitalize."


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Monday Funnies: UC & Moon do a dramatic reading
Dear New Moon,
The time has come. Today is the day. It's finally happening. You premiere tonight in Westwood, California, and we can't wait! We ran over to experience the mayhem of the 7 block, 700+ people long line last night and we were NOT disappointed. We took so many great pictures (including some of the surprise guest stars) had a lot of laughs and just enjoyed the insanity of the fandom.
And then we decided we'd like nothing more than to kick off this week together and ALL the memories to come (remember, it was our last time together in LA when "That's Normal" was birthed) with a little video for you, inspired by some light reading I did on the plane ride west. Enjoy!
Be 2nd-hand embarrassed for us on The Forum and read how we beg Rob to love us tonight at the premiere on LTR
Tags: , 2nd-hand Embarassment, Dramatic Reading, Entertainment Weekly, EW, Kristen Stewart, LTT, Meat, Monday Funnies, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, UC & Moon, Video


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Background Hemianopia commonly complicates stroke and, less frequently, head injury and brain tumours. Patients' activities of daily living are often affected although these can be ameliorated by appropriate behavioural therapy. Identifying a field defect is the first step in the rehabilitation process. An online visual field test (an 'app') was developed as part of a free to use web based therapy site for patients with hemianopic alexia, called Read-Right (http://www.readright.ucl.ac.uk). This study is an attempt to validate this test by comparing with a clinical 'gold standard'—the Humphrey automated visual field analyser.
Methods 22 patients had their visual fields assessed with both techniques on the same day. The criterion validity of the Read-Right was examined by comparing it with Humphrey 10-2 and 24-2 perimetry using the following measures: (1) sensitivity and specificity; (2) κ statistics; and (3) intraclass correlation.
Results Read-Right demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity, particularly for the undamaged field. In the damaged field, κ values were highly significant, especially for points along the horizontal meridian. The intraclass correlation score for the damaged field indicated excellent correlation between the two tests. Read-Right perimetry performed well on all measures. It had a tendency to under call damaged points offset from the horizontal meridian, and this and other aspects of the test will be revamped.
Conclusion Read-Right is not designed to replace standardised visual perimetry; it does, however, offer a quick and easy assessment that can be used to screen patients. The test is available as part of two free to use web based therapy applications.
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Hemianopia is a common visual impairment, with an estimated prevalence of 0.8% in patients over 50 years of age.1 Visual loss almost always remains fixed 6 months after onset,2 impacting on many areas of life, including reading.3 We designed a diagnostic online visual field test as part of a free to use web based therapy application for patients with hemianopic alexia—Read-Right (http://www.readright.ucl.ac.uk/). Here we provide evidence for the validity of the Read-Right visual field test by comparing it with a clinical 'gold standard', the Humphrey automated visual field analyser (HAF).
Read-Right tests six points in each hemi-field; four are on the horizontal meridian because these points are key for determining the severity of hemianopic alexia.4–6
There are different types of validity. We examined the criterion related validity of Read-Right (ie, the extent to which this new measure is demonstrably related to a standard 'real world' measure).
There is at least one other online visual field test available (http://www.testvision.org/test1.swf). However, as far as we are aware, this is the first study to attempt validation of such a test.
Twenty-three patients were recruited from the hemianopia service at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. One was excluded as he was unable to comply with the HAF test; interestingly, he was able to manage Read-Right (see supplementary e-figure 1, available online only). Hence 22 subjects were entered into the analyses. Sixty four per cent were men with an average age of 56.0 years (range 25.8–79.7). All had unilateral homonymous visual field defects caused by: stroke (n=16), head injury (n=1) or intracranial tumours/arteriovenous malformations (n=5). All were in the chronic phase, >5 months post the event (mean 3.9 years, range 0.4–14.9). See supplementary e-table 1 for the full demographics (available online only). Exclusion criteria included documented cognitive impairment or visual neglect, the latter determined by history and clinical examination and multiple visual and/or ocular motor disorders. All subjects gave informed written consent.
The patients' visual fields were measured using the following tests: (1) Read-Right; (2) HAF central 10-2; (3) HAF 24-2 SITA fast. The order of testing (Read-Right or HAF) was block randomised across patients. Patients underwent each test under the same low lighting conditions with corrected vision as needed. We focus on comparisons between Read-Right and the HAF 10-2 protocol here; the results of the comparison against the 24-2 protocol are included in the supplementary materials (available online only).
The Read-Right test is binocular. Visual angle is controlled by having subjects sit at a fixed distance from the screen. It has an adaptive algorithm testing a six point grid in each hemi-field (figure 1). These are on the horizontal meridian at 1, 2.5, 5 and 10° eccentricity with 2 additional points 2.5° offset from both the horizontal and vertical meridians. Each test stimulus is a dark disk 0.5° in diameter. To take into account the fall in sensitivity with increasing eccentricity in normal vision, points closer to fixation have reduced contrast. Each point's contrast is set at around 5 dB suprathreshold (figure 1). Fixation is encouraged by having a flashing 'crosshair' and by often testing multiple points simultaneously, which could be in either or both hemi-fields. Each test stimulus is displayed for 100 ms followed by a response screen where patients have to indicate which pattern of dots they saw from a selection of four. Stimuli can be repeated without penalty. The Read-Right output is binary—that is, if all stimuli presentations at a point are seen then the point is recorded as seen. If any presentations are missed, then the point is recorded as missed. Follow this link for a video of how the test is performed: http://www.readright.ucl.ac.uk/help/h_vft.php. All patients performed the test in the clinic room where the HAF fields were tested. They used the same laptop under the same lighting conditions. Under these conditions, the background had a luminance of 110.2 Cd/m2. The points at 1, 2.5, 5 and 10° had the following values, respectively: 91, 88.1, 77.9 and 56.5 Cd/m2, giving negative contrast levels of 17%, 20%, 29% and 49%, respectively. These contrast levels were selected to be approximately 5 dB suprathreshold for a normal observer. The median number of stimuli shown was 15 (range 10–19). The average time to complete the Read-Right test was 3 min 23 s (SEM 17 s) compared with the HVF 10-2 which was 13 min 45 s (SEM 32 s) for both eyes.
The HAF 10-2 fields were tested in the standard way, one eye at a time. The stimulus size was III, with 31.5 apostilb background illumination. For output, we used the HAF pattern deviation map that is corrected for both age and sensitivity of the patient's whole visual field. We binarised these maps by taking <1% as the cut-off for an abnormal point. We averaged over both eyes. If a point was seen with one eye (>1%) but missed with the other (<1%), we rated it as seen because Read-Right is binocular. Because the HAF 10-2 grid is 2° by 2°, offset from both the horizontal and vertical meridians, it does not fully overlap with Read-Right. To compare the points on the meridian, we averaged over the upper and lower points closest to the meridian at 1, 3, 5 and 9°. To compare with the points offset at 2.5°, we used the HAF points offset at 3°. We flipped all left-sided defects so we could compare across both affected and unaffected hemi-fields.
We carried out three tests of Read-Right's criterion validity. First, we generated sensitivity and specificity maps, with the assumption that HAF is the 'gold standard'. This provides a spatially distributed measure of the classification performance of Read-Right. Second, we calculated κ values to test point to point agreement across the affected visual field. Finally, we calculated the intraclass correlation by collapsing across all points in the affected and unaffected hemi-fields; testing the hypothesis 'Do HAF and Read-Right agree if a hemi-field is damaged or undamaged?'7 For this analysis, any missed point in the hemi-field means it is classed as damaged.
The sensitivity (95–100%) for Read-Right was particularly good for the non-affected field, meaning it rarely falsely identified points as missed in the normally seeing field. For the affected hemi-field, the values were lower: sensitivity (55–100%) and specificity (75–100%), particularly for the 2.5° offset points (table 1). This suggests that the Read-Right test is under calling missed points in some patients, particularly the two points offset from the horizontal meridian.
Interobserver reliability (κ test) showed significant agreement for the affected hemi-field across all six points (p values 0.019 or less; see supplementary table e-2, available online only). The κ values themselves varied from 0.46 to 1 which are interpreted as providing moderate to perfect agreement.8
The intraclass correlation coefficient, collapsed across all six points in the affected hemi-field, was highly significant (0.884, p<0.001). A value >0.75 indicates excellent correlation.
Validation of Read-Right against the 24-2 fields was similar, although only three points per hemi-field could be compared as the 24-2 grid is 6 by 6 degrees, offset from both meridians. The results are included in the supplementary materials (see e-tables 3 and 4, available online only).
The aim of this study was to examine the criterion validity of the Read-Right test by correlating its output with another established test carried out at the same testing session, an approach that has been used previously to compare automated with manual perimetry.9 The sensitivity and specificity maps clearly demonstrate that Read-Right is very good at identifying the unaffected field, with specificities of 1 for all six points and sensitivities no lower than 0.95. For the affected field, sensitivity (low false negative rate) and specificity (low false positive rate) values were particularly good along the horizontal meridian but dropped off for the two points offset at 2.5°, particularly regarding sensitivities. The κ values largely recapitulated this, with good agreement along the meridian but less good for the two offset points. This means that partial quadrantanopias that do not involve the horizontal meridian (such as homonymous sectoral defects abutting the vertical meridian) may be missed by Read-Right. The intraclass correlation coefficient analysis suggests that Read-Right will pick up almost all patients with a homonymous defect as it is relatively uncommon to get one that does not involve the horizontal meridian (see supplementary e-figure 2, available online only).10
Some of the variability in performance between the two tests is probably caused by differences in design: (1) the points tested do not completely align (figure 1), although no pair of points were more than 1° apart; (2) Read-Right is binocular whereas HAF is monocular; (3) Read-Right attempts to control fixation by drawing attention to the fixation point, and by testing multiple points at the same time, while HAF uses the blind spot and a video of the eye to assist an operator to encourage fixation; and (4) whereas both tests are adaptive, the Read-Right test is quicker, taking patients less than 5 min to complete while the 10-2 field often takes over 12 min. This is a potential benefit of the Read-Right test and, although not tested in this study, our impression is that Read-Right may be superior to longer algorithms (whether automated like the Humphrey or manual like the Goldman) when testing patients with poor attention, low acuity or those at the extremes of age. This might explain why one patient with poor attention had his hemianopia better characterised by Read-Right compared with the Humphrey analyser (see supplementary e-figure 1, available online only). Although bedside testing is certainly the first step in characterising homonymous defects, Read-Right offers better spatial resolution, being able to accurately detect field defects that encroach within 1° of fixation. Clearly for the home based assessments, the contrast levels cannot be controlled and will depend on the characteristics of the individual monitor and ambient lighting. Hence contrast levels have been chosen to be substantially suprathreshold under most foreseeable conditions. Users are instructed to keep the ambient lighting as low as possible.
Our results suggest that Read-Right would be improved by having more stimuli testing the offset points, which we are doing. We are developing a larger version that tests eight offset points in each hemi-field for another free to use therapy app for patients with visual search impairments called Eye-Search (http://www.eyesearch.ucl.ac.uk).
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Alex Leff discusses the online assessment and therapy in the JNNP podcast
Linked article 303024.
Funding This work was supported by the NIHR CBRC at University College Hospitals and funded by the Stroke Association (grant No TSA 2007/11).
Competing interests None.
Ethics approval This study was approved by the University College London ethics committee.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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Most people who visit Mississippi are likely to spend time gambling in Tunica or Biloxi or soaking in authentic blues mojo in Clarksdale.
While Seattle guitarist Danny Mangold did his fair share of the latter during a month-long trip there, he also spent much of his time combing the streets and riverbanks for scraps to build a guitar.
"Street cleaning is pretty laid back in Mississippi," Mangold says. "I found tons of objects laying around or washed up on the banks of the Mississippi and Sunflower rivers. Everybody there plays guitar, so I found bodies and necks in second-hand stores, grocery stores, gas stations—you name it."
When Mangold got back home to Seattle, he used the various items he collected to convert a Gibson Les Paul into a one-of-a-kind tribute to the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the blues. He decorated the body with photos, rusted furnace hinges, old keys, coins and other found objects, and he finished the wood using lacquer mixed with dirt that he collected from Muddy Waters' birthplace in Stovall and from the legendary crossroads of highways 61 and 49.
The Clarksdale guitar is just one of 15 similar instruments that Mangold has built to date. Other notables include a Hank Williams tribute Les Paul TV decorated with items found outside Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and an Elvis Presley Precision Bass.
"I got a box of metal letters from an old church that had just enough letters to spell out Elvis Presley and Graceland," he says. "Divine intervention!"
While Mangold's guitars look like something Fred Sanford scrapped together in a Ripple-induced haze, they actually have high-performance parts that deliver pro-quality tone. "Everything under the hood is high quality," Mangold explains. "I use Switchcraft pots, Fender and Gibson hardware, Grover or Kluson tuners, and Duncan or DiMarzio pickups."
Although Mangold has kept three of his creations for personal use and enjoyment, he has sold the others, usually for an average price of $2,500. "I'm bored with the sameness I see in guitars everywhere," he says. "That's what inspired me to build guitars that tell a musical story."
For more information, visit facebook.com/danny.mangold.9.


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Avoiding saturated fat and cholesterol is already mainstream practice for health-minded shoppers. But there's a new villain in town: trans fats. Ubiquitous in processed foods, trans fats increase heart-disease risk and may contribute to diabetes, stroke, and cancer.
"People are just starting to get that trans fats are bad, but they don't know why," says Kim Severson, food reporter and author of The Trans Fat Solution (Ten Speed Press, 2003). Food labels increasingly cluttered by health claims often confound the problem. Here, we break down what trans fats are and offer tips on how to avoid them in your diet.
How trans fats form
Trans fatty acids are created when hydrogen is added to a liquid fat, forcibly changing its melting properties so it remains solid at room temperature—a desirable quality for products such as margarine and shortening. The prefix "trans" refers to carbon bonds that, during hydrogenation, are folded against their natural direction, forming a fat that's artificially saturated. Hydrogenation improves shelf life, flavor stability, and "mouthfeel," but it's the birthplace of trans fats.
Like saturated fat and dietary cholesterol, trans fats raise LDL (bad) cholesterol, which accumulates on artery walls. Even worse, trans fats may lower HDL (good) cholesterol, which transports cholesterol back to the liver for disposal. In fact, compared with saturated fats, trans fats consumption correlates to a considerably higher risk for heart problems caused by narrowed arteries (Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2004, vol. 48, no. 2).
Although trans fats exist in small amounts in animal products, of greater concern are those hiding in processed foods. They're abundant in cookies, crackers, chips, cakes, and margarine, foods that contribute 75 percent of the trans fats in a typical U.S. diet.
How to avoid trans fats
Look before you buy. "Always look for the words 'partially hydrogenated' on the ingredient list" of any food, says Severson. "That tells you the product has trans fats. How much depends on how high up on the list the words are and how big a serving you have." If partially hydrogenated appears at or near the top of the list, pick an alternative that uses nonhydrogenated oils, such as canola or olive.
Watch what you eat. Fried foods are trans fat troves; a typical doughnut harbors 3.2 trans fat grams, and a large order of fries serves up a whopping 6.8 grams. And keep in mind that restaurants may be frying up more than spuds; ask how chicken, breaded zucchini, fish, breakfast foods, and tortillas are prepared before ordering them. Because of increased awareness (and thanks to customers who speak up), many eateries are now frying with 100 percent corn oil, a trans fat-free, polyunsaturated oil.
Use all fats sparingly. By moderating total fat intake, you'll automatically reduce trans fats. The American Heart Association recommends a daily total fat intake of 5 to 8 teaspoons (25 to 40 grams), with the focus on good-fat sources such as nuts, fish, olive and canola oils, avocados, and flax or hemp seed, and no more than 10 percent of total calories from saturated and trans fats.
Adjust your cooking routine. In many recipes, total fat can be reduced by at least one-fourth with no discernible effect. Instead of relying on margarine or shortening, experiment with nut butters and mono- or polyunsaturated-rich oils when cooking, baking, even buttering your bread. Tipping the balance toward healthier fats will improve your cholesterol profile and even reduce breast cancer risk (Archives of Internal Medicine, 1998, vol. 158, no. 1).
Go natural. By consistently selecting less processed foods—a baked potato instead of french fries, a handful of almonds instead of chips—you'll make a big difference in your fat-profile intake.
The future of fats
As scientific evidence mounts against trans fats and as consumer awareness increases, food manufacturers are voluntarily replacing trans fats with vegetable oils. New "no trans" labels are appearing on some typically trans-fat-heavy foods, especially chips and crackers—and they're flying off store shelves, according to Stephanie Childs, spokeswoman for Grocery Manufacturers of America. But take note: The FDA allows foods containing up to 0.5 grams of trans fats to carry a trans-fat-free label, so keep track of portion sizes.
Last year, Denmark became the world's first country to ban foods containing oils and fats with more than 2 percent industrially produced trans fats. In 2006, a new FDA rule will require trans fat information to be added to all U.S. nutrition labels. Until then, read labels diligently, and stock your pantry and fridge with good-fat sources.
Sharon Palmer is a registered dietitian who makes her home in the chaparral hills of Southern California with her husband and two sons.
Major sources of trans fats
- Cakes, cookies, crackers, pies, breads, and other baked goods
- Animal products prepared in partially hydrogenated oils
- Margarine
- Fried potatoes
- Potato chips, corn chips, popcorn
- Household shortening
- Salad dressings
- Breakfast cereals
- Candy
Source: FDA Consumer Magazine, 2003.
Read the label: Other names for trans fats
- Margarine (some contain trans fats)
- Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil
- Partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening
- Shortening


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- Kanya King launched the Music of Black Origin awards in 1996
- King chooses her five favorite current artists and one of their recent tracks
- Choices include Mary J. Blige and Estelle
Editor's note: Kanya King is the founder of the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards which aims to elevate black music and culture to mainstream popular status both in the UK and internationally. King chooses her five favorite artists of the moment for CNN.
London, England (CNN) -- Estelle: Back To Love
Estelle is one prime example of how UK talent is taking the world by storm. When I met her at the 2004 MOBO Awards, where she won the Best Newcomer award, I felt she was going to become an international sensation. Now a three-time MOBO award winner, she seems to get better and better each time she releases new material.
She recently created a free mixtape called "AOM: The Prequel," which could have easily been another record, but the song that I just love is "Back To Love." The track's message can come across a bit upsetting since it's about her ex-boyfriend moving on. But Estelle makes you think of the bigger picture and doesn't dwell on the past but looks to the future. It is the perfect message to convey.
KOF: Be Like You
KOF is an artist who shows it's not just the artists from London who have a big future ahead of them. We rate the young man from Liverpool so highly that we made sure MOBO TV shot an acoustic session with him and one of the songs we were lucky enough to hear live was "Be Like You."
The singer/songwriter's second single is getting huge support from the UK radio stations like 1Xtra and Choice FM, and rightly so. He is re-injecting true soul music back in the public eye and I can only support this as soul music is the first genre of music I fell in love with. It was one of the reasons why I started up the MOBO Awards in 1996.
Apart from, of course, Adele, there are not enough musicians out there who can really touch your innerself like the greats, such as Aretha Franklin, could many years ago. Obviously, these artists are plying their trade in the UK, but KOF, however, is getting the recognition he deserves quicker than most.
Mary J Blige: 25/8
One of my favorite all-time artists Mary J Blige returned this year. I was so happy to see the release of her new album "My Life II ... The Journey Continues Act 1" as she seems to be back to her best.
One of R&B's most important and critically-acclaimed artists, she has had many problems in her personal life, but with pain comes acceptance, then joy, and Mary is able to put them all behind her to create some of the best R&B songs to come out of America in the past 20 years.
"25/8" is a track that meets all of the criteria of what Mary J Blige is all about. It's soul meets hip hop with her rough vocals complementing the track. It's safe to say nobody in the world could cover a Mary J Blige song and get the same raw and powerful emotion. A true great among us and like a fine wine, only gets better with age.
Kanya King
Labrinth ft Tinie Tempah: Earthquake
Probably the nicest man in the music business, Labrinth has become a big name in the music business without even releasing records, but producing some of the UK scene's most successful tracks in the past couple of years.
He was the mastermind behind Tinie Tempah's hits "Pass Out," "Frisky" and "Wonderman," as well as putting his mark on Ms Dynamite's comeback single "Neva Soft" and Yasmin's hit "Finish Line."
After giving us a little taste of what Labrinth the artist is about last year with "Let The Sunshine," the man from Hackney brought the year to a standstill with his new track "Earthquake." Featuring the amazing Tinie Tempah, the whole song from start to finish displays a new level of excitement and constantly surprises you since it works on so many levels. When the song goes to a standstill and you hear a dark version of the chorus before the beat kicks in is a stroke of genius that only Labrinth could come up with. Not to mention, the video is surreal! 2012 will be a big year for Labrinth.
Kimbra: Settle Down
Kimbra is a surprise choice of mine as about a month ago, I didn't know she existed. But our new website editor brought her to my attention as he listens to a wide range of genres and played a song by Gotye in the office called "Somebody I Used To Know," which features Kimbra.
Apparently she experiments with jazz and soul music so I gave her a listen and now I can't get enough of her track "Settle Down." The young New Zealander reminds me of a young Nina Simone with a voice that doesn't suit her at all since it seems like her vocal chords have aged beyond her current time.
I believe in finding new artists as you can't just live in the past when it comes to music. Music styles will change and it's important for us to keep up to date with the new sounds. I predict Kimbra is going to be around for a long time.
The opinions in this piece are solely those of Kanya King.


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Adoption Rate
The reason the HD generation has a much slower adoption rate than DVD is because people need HD TV's as well as the expensive HD equipment to make it worthwhile. Add to that the expense od HD capable audio systems its no wonder people are sceptical. Also the difference in quailty of DVD vs HD is no where near as essential to enjoyment as VHS vs DVD.


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The speed with which the truth of this horrific false flag attack spread across the internet was astounding to witness. "The James Holmes Conspiracy" - a full length movie by Mark Howitt that outlines the huge amount of evidence that the Colorado theatre shooting "official story" is clearly a pack of lies and deceit, was launched so fast it left a sonic boom behind it!
As the public wakes up, more and more people who took part in events like this are coming forward with the truth.
Click HERE to read the original article at The Examiner
Click HERE to read the "motion to intervene" court documents in the James Holmes case
Aurora theater shooting court documents blows inside job conspiracy wide open
Newly released court documents in the Aurora, CO theater "Batman massacre" case reveals startling inside accusations about who may actually be behind the shootings that left at least 70 people either dead or injured in the early morning hours of July 20th.
Friday's report by the online version of Denver's Westword Magazine details shocking claims made by, what appears to be, a new victim in a case that has throttled a community still in morning over the tragic events. According to the court documents an individual, whose name has been officially redacted from the documents, came forward to file a "Motion to Intervene" for the right to be reasonably heard under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (a)(4), for the purposes of presenting newly discovered evidence to the court.
Corroborating much of a recent Conspiracy Examiner story maintaining the situation as potentially being another horrific (rogue government faction) conspiracy and possible false-flag event, the newly discovered evidence, thrown out of court by Judge William Sylvester days later, details stunning accusations against billionaire Philip Anschutz, Police Chief Dan Oates, Arapaho County Dist. Atty. Carol Chambers and, according to the alleged victim, the Illuminati as being potential co-conspirators in the crime.
The stunning accusations, dated August 27, reveal a startling story by the claimant as having been visited at home by police chief Dan Oates and Dist. Atty. Carol Chambers where they forced the unnamed individual to testify as a fake victim of the shootings, under the threat of being arrested for prostitution and escort services and charity fraud, for the purposes of garnering an easy conviction against alleged shooter James Holmes. But not before being shot by the police chief in "non-life-threatening areas" of the body, according to the motion, to appear as having been shot by James Holmes himself. The motion also claims that it is likely some of the victims in the theater were merely paid actors working on behalf of the conspirators and wants multiple individuals involved in the situation to take polygraph tests to prove their innocence.
Claiming that their conscience will not let fraudulent testimony contribute to an improper conviction of James Holmes, the new mystery victim asked that the judge submit the case to the FBI and the US Congress for further investigation into the alleged conspiracy. The judge, however, instead of taking a closer look, decided to strike down the motion as fraudulent, claiming the motion as likely being forged by an individual or individuals unassociated with the events. The judge also suggested the situation be investigated by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's office and those responsible for the motion be taken into custody by the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services and "referred to the appropriate mental health agency."
But it may in fact be the judge that needs the mental attention as all the evidence collected in the case thus far seems to point toward mostly agreeing with the individual who filed the claim, despite the media and the court's attempts to suppress any evidence that doesn't support the official story. Multiple and corroborating eyewitness testimony stated what appeared to be multiple individuals involved in the shooting, including supporting official dispatch audio. Individuals interviewed by local media immediately after the event also claimed to have seen teargas canisters being deployed in the theater simultaneously from two different directions, in addition to side-by-side images of James Holmes prior to the shootings and the orange haired individual taken into custody as the alleged lone gunmen after the event looks startlingly like two different individuals. There also seems to have been two different gas masks found at the scene, in addition to other damning evidence that doesn't jive with the official version of the events.
The individual who filed the motion also added that they wanted their portion of the charity to be donated to James Holmes' prison commissary, after using the money to find Mr. Holmes "real" attorneys who are actually willing to act in the honest defense of James Holmes.
The motion, as certified by the Arapahoe County Dist. Atty. and public defenders offices, was sent via the United States Postal Service, then was quickly denied and subsequently released days ago to the public for reasons yet to be determined.
Perhaps one of the most telling aspects of the circumstances, however, happens to be the creepy dead silence about the motion by the media, especially considering every little detail about a situation like this is normally scrutinized at every angle after being groomed with a fine tooth comb and examined under a microscope.
It was just weeks ago that certain local media outlets were considering suing for access to court records because, according to those outlets, the community had a right to know so the victims and the community could more easily begin the healing process and find some semblance of closure. Perhaps information that may open new wounds, however, regardless of how accurate or important that information may be, may not be the kind of information they were looking for.


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May 6 (GMM) Pirelli has finally confirmed that it will supply a new 'prototype' hard tyre to teams from this weekend in Barcelona.
The extra tyre set, which will not carry any distinguishing colour markings, will be allocated to each driver on Friday with the aim of spicing up the track action in practice.
It is a "specially-created compound with the emphasis on durability so that the teams run for as long as possible", Pirelli announced in a media statement.
F1's official supplier admitted the move is to discourage drivers who would otherwise opt to "conserve tyres for the rest of the race weekend".
"It's something we wanted to do to encourage all the teams to run as much as possible right from the start, especially with the rookie drivers, to give fans the spectacle they deserve to see," said motor sport director Paul Hembery.
However, although there were suggestions the tyre would only be available to rookie drivers, in fact every car in the field will be eligible to run the new unmarked tyre.
"The (rookie) idea failed," said German correspondent for Auto Motor und Sport, Tobias Gruner, "because of the resistance of top teams who only have experienced drivers in their ranks."


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When I arrived at Howard University in the fall of 1994, I experienced culture shock. But not the kind you'd expect from a middle-class teenage girl from the South Side of Chicago.
If I saw a guy on campus wearing a red baseball cap, I mentally checked him off as affiliated with the People Nation. If the hat was blue, I categorized him in the Folk Nation. Then, if either other those hats were cocked to the "wrong" side, I shook my head and thought he better be prepared to get jumped.
It took a couple of weeks to come to terms with the fact that my Chicago indoctrination of gang colors and signs had no place on the East Coast. I didn't have to grow up in the hood to be exposed to and affected by gang culture. The early 1990s murder tally and crack aftermath left indelible scars. Not to mention an era where an accidental scuffing of a Nike Air Jordan gym shoe could result in a shooting.
The handshakes, colors and designer sportswear aren't the overt symbols of Chicago gangbanging anymore. In fact, the corner boy uniform these days is white T-shirts and baggy jeans. Gone are the days of charismatic leaders like Jeff Fort of the Blackstone Nation and Larry Hoover of the Gangster Disciples. The federal lockup of those street legends wiped out hierarchies in street organizations. Most young guys on the block couldn't point old school leaders out of a lineup. Today's so-called gang members are actually splintered sects or a ragtag bunch of guys lording over individual blocks.
A much different picture from what's being spun about Chicago.
Even though it's not the most violent city in the country, Chicago is the urban face of gunplay and renewed pressure around gun legislation. But murders are hardly at their apex. (See 10 years ago and then go back another 10 years. And then another 10.) But the local and national story around the current wave of Chicago violence points to gangs as the easy culprit. "Gang related" or "gang affiliated" are often the only descriptors behind the name of the deceased or the one held in custody.
Explaining violence is a bit more complicated. Fragmentation of the drug trade results in unlikely street alliances. Cliques of teenage boys form block-by-block on many South and West Side neighborhoods with names that sound more like record labels than gangs, such as "Hit Squad" and "No Limit."
"When it comes to gangs and gang cultures in Chicago, there's a lot of young people that claim those names of the different gangs. But a lot of them are not gang members," says Bennie Lee, a former Vice Lord who now works with youth.
Here's an example of how that happens in high-crime, stressed communities: A high school freshman goes to school outside his community and runs into different groups on the way. Those groups see him as opposition. He ends up hanging with people who are from his same neighborhood because they take the same public transportation. They form a clique and if that clique is part of a loose gang, voila, he's claiming it.
"The problem we see as far as shooting and so-called gang activity, it really ain't a gang problem. It's social problem," Lee says.
Gambling debts, girlfriend trouble, honking a horn too loud on an unfamiliar block all add up to interpersonal conflicts among people with unmet social-emotional needs; people with hurt feelings acting out of personal desperation.
The Chicago Police Department says people label themselves as gang members. Each year the nonprofit Chicago Crime Commission puts out an incredible gang book, which many find laughable because of the outdated and duplicate mug shots of gang leaders.
The gang label is tossed around "because they need an enemy. So the gang is an enemy," Lee says.
I'm not saying there aren't gangs in Chicago. I'm not suggesting the gangbangers of yesterday were pussycats. The city wrestles with illegal guns and law enforcement has to find initiatives keep the streets safe. No question about it, there are too many senseless, heartbreaking, galling, irrational murders happening. But it's hard to solve the problem if the causes aren't fully explained.
Using the term gang cavalierly has higher stakes in a hyper-segregated city like Chicago. It allows people to see violence as a crime among "those people" and to scapegoat young people. Dismissing shootings as always simply gang violence gives Chicagoans permission to think this is not a citywide problem. Until inequities around race, poverty, and segregation in Chicago are addressed, gang labels let us all off the hook.
Natalie Y. Moore is a reporter at WBEZ-Chicago and co-author of The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of an American Gang.


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The MicroU2E-MV USB 2.0 to USB 2.0 Mode ExpressCard Adapter allows use of USB based ExpressCards with USB 2.0 equipped computers. USB mode ExpressCards include: Novatel Wireless Merlin ExpressCards (XU870, EX720, V740), Option Wireless GT Max 3.6 Express and GT Express 7.2, storage media ExpressCards like the expSSD, simple minded RS-232 host adapters like Synchrotech's EXP34-RS232-01, most ExpressCard to memory card media adapters like Synchrotech's CFExpressPro, and several others. The DEVICE WILL NOT WORK WITH any ExpressCard using the PCI Express (PCIe) portion of the ExpressCard standard. This is the majority of ExpressCards that do any other than the devices discussed above. Any real host adapter for SATA, FireWire, Ethernet, USB 2.0, etc. WILL NOT WORK WITH the MicroU2E-MV USB 2.0 to USB 2.0 Mode ExpressCard 34|54 Host Adapter.
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